OK, I found these few stories and immediatly thought it was April 1st, Lirpa Loof day! Take a look for yourself and decide!
- Right wing Colombian paramilitaries have launched a games website for followers which simulates the murder of its leftist rivals.
Visitors to the site play to defend the police station from being destroyed by rebel gunmen who pop up and return fire. The game ends when the player has absorbed too many shots from the rebels.
News source: vnunet - Drug barons launch shoot 'em up game
A 26 year-old Canadian geek took out a full page advertisement asking his girlfriend to marry him and then posted her answer on a website.
Dotcom millionaire Jesse Rasch took out the ad in the Toronto edition of the National Post because he wanted to prove to girlfriend Julie Lee that he was serious. "I wanted her to look back on the moment and remember it for the rest of her life," he said.
The ad was in the form of a coupon which urged Julie to "cut along the dotted lines and present to your boyfriend to upgrade your relationship status to ENGAGED.
"Acceptance is guaranteed. Upon successful delivery, a ring will be provided forthwith for you to wear now and forever. Only one entry is permitted. To enter, you must be my girlfriend."
She said yes, after "she was stopped for speeding on her way to see me!"
News source: vnunet - Me Julie is marrying I
View: Julies's Answer web site, updated today, 25th March, 2002
View: Newspaper Ad, "Julie! Will you marry me? JR", (Toronto edition of the National Post, Friday, 22nd March, 2002).
BT may have inadvertently set up a war dialling resource for the opportunistic hacker, following the publication of around 5,000 private network dial-up numbers.
According to some information on news website Need to Know, BT has been publishing a number of private network dial ups as "internet service providers [ISPs]" if users have been connecting using a BT Together line.
Many businesses have private dial-up numbers to allow remote access to the company network. These numbers are almost always ex-directory, keeping network access points guarded from the prying eyes of hackers and war dialling software.
News source: vnunet - BT publishes private network numbers
